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Chapter 9: Maybe another time.

I stormed back into school and into my dorm where I shuffled to my bed and flopped against it exasperated with everything. Dorcas jumped up on her bed at my sudden entrance and tried to smother her sniffles and claw her teary skin until no evidence remained. I let her do this because she wouldn't have liked it if i she thought I kept seeing her like that so I pretended not to notice as I slammed my head into my pillow angrily.

'What's up with you?' Dorcas called her voice a little thick, she coughed and cleared her throat.

'iaadafutofillyee' I said into my pillow to her.

She chuckled confused, 'Yeah, I totally understood that.'

I sighed and pulled my head out of my pillow to look at her. I didn't want to tell her or anyone. I felt guilty. I was in the wrong.

No I wasn't. I raised my head, 'I had a fight with Lily' the guilt flooded back in but I squashed it instead trying to think of more reasons why I should be angry at her.

Dorcas stopped smiling and she shook her head looking guilty and sad, 'because of me? I didn't want this. I didn't want you two to… you know forget it, I lied- I don't like Malcolm.' She said. She was really going to try that again.

I frowned at her knowingly.

'I didn't want this…You and Lily have been best friends since first year Gwen and now…now I've gone and-' she was on the brim of tears again, i rushed to interrupt.

'Dorkeeeeeey, This fight wasn't just about you- it was about James and her and me. It was coming up anyway. I just couldn't listen to her anymore. I'm done'

She looked at me and bit her lip but she didn't make any move to contradict me nor did she seem surprised by what I'd said though I didn't tell her about how I'd been feeling these last few weeks. She must have noticed I was avoiding lily just like Remus had. 'Actually I kind of saw this coming, you've been mad at her for a while now. I'm actually surprised you lasted this long- you suck at bottling things up- you're the least patient person I know.' She said smiling fondly at me.

I frowned. 'You're not mad at me, going to force me to apologise or going to tell me I'm overreacting?' Dorcas was nothing if not the peacemaker.

She gnawed on her lip before shaking her head, 'I'm not mad at you because I understand why you did it, I'm not going to force you to apologise because you both need to apologise and you're only overreacting a little bit. It's forgivable.'

'Uh huh' I smiled at her weird logic and looked over into my bookshelf looking for a book to stop me thinking about what I had just done.

The only other serious fight we'd had was when I had helped put a potion together for Sirius, James, Remus and Peter for one of their pranks. I didn't know their target was Severus Snape and that he'd be in the hospital wing for two weeks croaking like a frog and breathing out bubbles into the room- how could I? Well, that fight had separated us for four days but it was nowhere as big as this one.

Dorcas was watching me as I failed to pick a book that I felt like reading, 'You need some new books. We could still make hogsmeade if you want?'

I looked at my watch, we did have a couple more hours left to the day and if I didn't go now I'd have to wait until next Saturday and that would be looong. Plus Dorcas still looked a little sniffly; maybe a little sun wouldn't hurt.

As soon as we got into hogsmeade it started raining. Heavily. We laughed as we both glared at the sky and then it started hailing, we screamed and ran for cover in gonkos. The closest shop.

We ran to the doors and suddenly I was being tugged backwards as Dorcas slipped on the wet floor and had tugged my arm to steady her. We both fell backwards.

We looked at each other through the thick rain and burst out laughing. I pulled her up as she sat in a puddle and we jumped into Gonkos still laughing.

Dorcas laughed as her hair slopped stuck to her cheeks and it began to curl 'Nooooo!' she groaned laughing.

We were drenched.

Half the shop was looking at us like we were the weirdest people alive while the other half had ran in from the rain with us and were either laughing with us or scowling down at their wet attire. I looked about the shop and spotted Remus looking at us. I felt my face burning suddenly as I realised he must of witnessed my ungraceful fall. He was grinning and walked over to us.

Sirius and James were arguing about which colour paint balls would look nicer on Filch's cat when Remus walked past them to us, they looked up curiously and looked over to us. Their faces settled on me and suddenly there smiles became grim.

What was that about? Did James hate me now because of my fight with lily? I doubted that she had told him but why else would he be glaring at me now? And why was Sirius glaring? I smiled at them sweetly making them realise they were scowling. They straightened their faces fixed on smiles and followed Remus over to us.

Dorcas giggled suddenly, I looked at her curiously and she was looking at me. I raised my eyebrow but she just gave me her 'I'm innocent' look.

Remus called, 'Hey I saw your fall, are you girls alright?' His voice almost sounded seductive. What? What am I even thinking? This is Remus… Lupin. My friend. I discarded the thoughts that were leaking into my head.

Dorcas smiled, 'Yeah we're fine. Wet, but fine.'

I hadn't seen Remus since he went to his mums and now I looked at his face. He looked less pale, his cheeks a little rosy and his eyes had that little sparkle in them again. I inspected him to see if he held any of the symptoms he'd had before. He didn't. But then I looked at his neck. A long scar wrapped over his collarbone and up his neck. It had little pink indents around it and for a second I thought it looked like a bite? What? But that was stupid. How would that even happen?

I didn't realise I was staring until Remus went a little bit more red as he watched me. Dorcas cleared her throat trying to call me back and I jumped. Sirius and James were narrowing their eyes at me.

'Gwen?' Remus mumbled uncertainly.

'Um, sorry. Just, you look better. You aren't ill anymore. That's good.' I explained. I saw Dorcas grin in the corner of my eye. I know i sounded like an idiot but I couldn't very well say that I'd been staring at his scar imagining any scenario that would make it make sense if it were a bite. That sounded weirder.

Remus shifted on one foot to the other and then shoved his hands in his pockets, 'Yeah' he said non-committedly. I felt my eyes narrow at his dodgy behaviour. I want to know what you're hiding Remus John Lupin.

James jumped in, 'Is Lily still on her date?'

The effect was immediate, Dorcas looked down at her jacket and pretended to be scratching at an invisible spot of dirt. While I just felt angry and then guilty and then angry that I should be the one to feel guilty.

'I don't know.' I said my voice containing some misdirected malice.

James looked a little shocked at my sudden change, 'What?'

'Nothing. Sorry, yeah she probably is.' I muttered. Dorcas still swiped at the invisible spot.

I felt for her and changed the conversation to a random topic, 'So, is your mum better too Remus?' okay maybe the topic wasn't that random…

'er, yeah she's fine' he said while looking at Dorcas.

Dorcas looked up, 'Right, well, Gwen shall we go to the bookstore or…?' I jumped again from looking at Remus.

'Um, what? Yes. Yeah, let's go.' I said looking around - I'm not sure what for.

Remus stepped towards us, 'Hey we were just going there; we'll go with you.'

Sirius rolled his eyes before saying, 'No we weren't and no we won't.'

Remus gave him a look and then they shared a little mental conversation again before Sirius said, 'You should stay away from those books Remus' they shared another look.

I raised my eyebrows and looked at Dorcas. She gave me a look that told me she was just as confused. We shrugged at each other.

Then Remus turned back to me and said, 'Maybe another time.'

I frowned but then smiled. 'Cool, well-see you later'

'Bye' they chorused as we left.

Dorcas turned to me as soon as they were out of earshot, 'What was that about?'

'I don't know but I want to find out.' I said trying to add up everything that has happened and connect the dots.

Dorcas rolled her eyes at me, 'You are so nosy'

'Curious.' I replaced her word though I knew I was nosy. Curious sounds better.

Maybe another time... Oh dear, what a liar that boy is... Tut tut tut.

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